ṣ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "s"
ṣ U+1E63, ṣ
LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH DOT BELOW
Composition:s [U+0073] + ◌̣ [U+0323]
← Ṣ
 		Latin Extended Additional Ṥ →

Translingual

Symbol

ṣ

  1. (NAPA, UPA) a voiceless retroflex sibilant fricative (IPA ).
    Synonym: ṣ̌

Letter

ṣ

  1. (IAST, international standards) transliterates Sanskrit ष (or equivalent).
  2. Romanization of the Hebrew ץ \ צ (“tzadi”, “tsadi”, “ẕadi”, “ṣāḏē”) in the ISO 259 transliteration scheme
    (Romanization of ץ \ צ, “tzadi”, “tsadi”, “ẕadi”, “ṣāḏē”): tz (Common Israeli transliteration scheme), ts (Hebrew Academy 2006 transliteration scheme), ẕ (Hebrew Academy 1953 transliteration scheme)

Kabyle

Pronunciation

  1. IPA(key): /sˤ/

Letter

ṣ (upper case Ṣ)

  1. A letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.

O'odham

Pronunciation

Letter

ṣ (upper case Ṣ)

  1. The letter of the O'odham alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Tashelhit

Pronunciation

Letter

ṣ (upper case Ṣ)

  1. A letter of the Shilha alphabet.

Tuareg

Pronunciation

  1. IPA(key): /sˤ/

Letter

ṣ (upper case Ṣ)

  1. A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Letter

ṣ (lower case, upper case Ṣ)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ṣí and written in the Latin script.

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